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but one God | os: 1.16.10. yt by this pretend ye Socinians have not needed yt | ||
but might as well have stuck to ye old Arrian sense of making | |||
God's instant in ye crea[ti]on, but to ye it may be said either he | |||
unless | created instant or uncreate, if ye first yt a [creation] doth not im | ||
infinite power of one creature may create another, if ye 2d then | |||
?rns God by nature. Other argumts for ye divinity of X see | |||
? d. Xto L1.c4.all: | |||
?ll ye main difficulty in explaining ye doctrine of ye | |||
Trinity by reason may be reduc'd to these 2 | |||
How there can be 3 p[er]sons & but one God | |||
How these can agree in a 3d & not agree among thems. | |||
? wee say one Individual nature may be communicated to | |||
? unless wee suppose yt ye divine nature cannot communicate | |||
?fter no manner yt a created nature but wherever there | |||
? distinction ye number may be multiplied tho yt subjt be but | |||
? we say ye soul has 3 faculties understanding, will, & memory | |||
?out ye least absurdity wee may say these 3 are one | |||
Socinians objt yt every person is an individual being & there- | |||
? distinct persons must be 3 individual beings ie: 3 Gods A person | |||
2 things. something common wth others of ye same nature as 3 | |||
? one of ye same nature tho they be 3 persons 2 something | |||
? & incommunicate to any other so yt Jn cannot be Peter nor | |||
? ames. Now if wee are to much puzled in assigning ye Pow'r | |||
Individuality in created beings wee have ye less reason to | |||
unsatisfied if we cannot clear ye diffr'ces between Nature & | |||
? an infinite Being. Distinguish betwn wt wee have no | |||
?elieve, & wt wee have power to conceive, wee have reason to | |||
a God tho we cannot concieve his astral attributes wee must | |||
him to be eternal & Omnipres[en]t tho we cannot well explain | |||
? those notiary. For ye understanding ye Athanasian creed this | |||
?ylds is sufficient viz: Cot is affirm'd of ye divine nature as | |||
?may be common to all 3 persons but wt is affirm'd of ye several | |||
such must be peculiar to yous. yt design of ye creed was to them | |||
?eral did not believe such a trinity as consisted of 3 persons unequal | |||
&dff'rent in nature substance & duration. | |||
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os: 1.16.10. yt by this pretend ye Socinians have not needed yt but might as well have stuck to ye old Arrian sense of making God's instant in ye crea[ti]on, but to ye it may be said either he created instant or uncreate, if ye first yt a [creation] doth not im infinite power of one creature may create another, if ye 2d then ?rns God by nature. Other argumts for ye divinity of X see ? d. Xto L1.c4.all:
?ll ye main difficulty in explaining ye doctrine of ye Trinity by reason may be reduc'd to these 2 How there can be 3 p[er]sons & but one God How these can agree in a 3d & not agree among thems. ? wee say one Individual nature may be communicated to ? unless wee suppose yt ye divine nature cannot communicate ?fter no manner yt a created nature but wherever there ? distinction ye number may be multiplied tho yt subjt be but ? we say ye soul has 3 faculties understanding, will, & memory ?out ye least absurdity wee may say these 3 are one Socinians objt yt every person is an individual being & there- ? distinct persons must be 3 individual beings ie: 3 Gods A person 2 things. something common wth others of ye same nature as 3 ? one of ye same nature tho they be 3 persons 2 something ? & incommunicate to any other so yt Jn cannot be Peter nor ? ames. Now if wee are to much puzled in assigning ye Pow'r Individuality in created beings wee have ye less reason to unsatisfied if we cannot clear ye diffr'ces between Nature & ? an infinite Being. Distinguish betwn wt wee have no ?elieve, & wt wee have power to conceive, wee have reason to a God tho we cannot concieve his astral attributes wee must him to be eternal & Omnipres[en]t tho we cannot well explain ? those notiary. For ye understanding ye Athanasian creed this ?ylds is sufficient viz: Cot is affirm'd of ye divine nature as ?may be common to all 3 persons but wt is affirm'd of ye several such must be peculiar to yous. yt design of ye creed was to them ?eral did not believe such a trinity as consisted of 3 persons unequal &dff'rent in nature substance & duration.